Danlow

This is dayZ, not battlefield 4. If you want to "bam" (rofl) go play that game instead, or Arma (if you want similar gameplay) I can't wait until more features gets released which makes it harder to survive so people actually realize this isn't a war game. How often would you find a magnifier in a real apocalypse anyway? No beans for you! edit: Forgot to say, it's actually funny to "bam" people like you with my mosin. Countless of times been fired at by people with a M4 up north around the airfield on those valleys from a distance (who are ofcourse missing every shot, because they think that they can run and shot in a game like this) where I just go prone for a second and put a 7.62x51 round right through their chest/s. Good to have some Arma experience in DayZ.

Good suggestions! Beans! But about faster night/day cycles, it should stay as it is. Real time, and not 30 minutes of day and 30 minutes of night - Would totally break immersion and realism.

Mr Sinister. A combination of both. Survival is the ground of this game - How you survive is up to you. Play smart, and you won't die (not as easily) or run up to anyone you see and say "hello?" and risk being shot or robbed. Currently I'm fully geared (military, all green) with a mosin, long range scope, ballistic helm and gasmask. I hang mostly around the scyscrapers around Cherno and Balota airstrip to snipe other snipers killing people down in cherno. Other than that, I go north, get food, water so I can stay in the buildings for a longer period of time. Luckily I haven't been hungry in ages. (varied diet I guess) Been alive with this one for over two weeks now and have had 5-6 really tight situations where I was, by all logic, supposed to die but I managed to survive. Play this as if you actually was your character, and you'll be alright. If you play it like it's BF4, you will die quite fast.

Indeed, but DayZ should have more civilian winter clothes than military, ofcourse. The military version is what I would like to see.

Mr. Sinister. I'm an old arma player but I've never played the dayZ mod. From what I've seen, I didn't like it. Seeing an apache helicopter with missiles hovering in the air killed it all. It was more like an FFA Arma game more than a zombie apocalypse. DayZ standalone is _much_ better in that point. I like the idea of the vehicles to be added in dayz standalone will be like an item, which you build for yourself and explore to find gas, and or if the enginge breaks down, you have to find tools to fix it. I hope they never implement helicopters.

I don't know where you live, but where I live there is a military base approximately 20 km from where I live. Easy to walk through the forests to get there. What I would face there is unknown, but I would do as I do in DayZ. Stay out, scout, move from tree to tree, wall to wall, not make any noise. In case of contact with other survivors, say something to team up or get ready to fight if the first fails. edit: Basically, they should add tons, and _more_ of civilian cloths than military, but to not forget about the latter and it's different forms (summer, autumn, winter, rain) Right now if I take an example, there is only civilian rain coats. The camo is pretty bad and people can easily spot you from miles away. I'm the forest kind of "hiking player". Get food, get out of the cities and head north.

Mr Sinister. I am of same opinion. As stated in my first post, I am against tanks, grenade launchers, attack helicopters and bazookas/rocket launchers. (The average citizen can't use those things + that in a zombie apocalypse those things wouldn't even exist or in extreme low supply) What I only want is the military coat for cold weather + the possibility of wrapping a scarf around your head. Both cool in appearance and practical.

I'm not saying that they shouldn't add civilian winter clothes, but for us who likes to explore military camps for the thrill and gear, a military version of winter cloths would be nice. If a real zombie apocalypse would occur, I would first raid the local grocery store, then head straight to a military base. (If I survive at the grocery store, that is)

As long as they do _NOT_ implement the server wide chat I'll be happy. The current communication system is nice.

They should add a new snow region which is inspired by the old olympic buildings and the landscape of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

This looks awesome, I hope they add this area into DayZ. Google "Bjelasnica", "Igman" and "Jahorina" which are areas where the winter olympics in Sarajevo took place. That landscape would be awesome to have in DayZ with the old olympic buildings. I approve of this!